Chapter II

AGENDA
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PaJg
IhTKODtiWOKY. NOTES .................................................. 39

l *l’AKT 1. CONSIDLKATION OF THE ADOPTION OK AMENDMENT 01: KIILES 6-12. ....... 3Y

I’AKT II. TlfE I’KOVISIONAL AWNDA

Note ............................................................. 39
.\. Kule 6: Clrculat~on of co,n,,,un~cat,ons by the Secretary-General. ................. 40
U. Kule 7: f’reyratlon of the i~rov,s,onal agenda .............................. 41
C. Kule 8: Co,,,n,un,cat,on of the ~~rov~s~onal agenda ............................ 42

I’AKT 111. ADOf”I‘lON OF TtE AGENDA (KL’LL 9)

Note ............................................................. 43
A, Ivocedure of vot,ng on adoption of the agenda .............................. 44
ri. c0nsd2rath2rl of:
I.
Krqu~rerr~ents for the inclusion of an ,te,,, I,, the agenda ..................... 45
l l 2 . Effect of the ~xlus~on of an Iten, ,n the agenda ........................... 46
C. Other d,scuss,on on the adopt,on of the agenda
1. Order of dlscusslon of ,te,,,s on the agenda. ............................. 46
‘9. Scope of atoms and sub-iterns on Uw ~gcnda ,n rclatto,, to the scope of discussion. ... 46
3. I’hrnslng oi ,te,,,s on the agenda. .................................... 46
0.4. I’ostp,,c,,wc of cons~derat,on of ,te,,,s. ............................... 47

I’AKT 1V. ‘I‘llI: AGICNDA: MA’II l.KS OF H’Il1Cll ‘IlIt SLXI’KI’I‘Y COl’hCIl. IS 51:1/1:1) (KI’I.kS
10 A&U II)
Note ............................................................. 47
A. l~ld~l(l........................................................ 47
II. Kulu 11
1. ktvntlo,, and deletion ot ,tem8 fro,,, the wcrctnry-(kneral’s 5u,,,,,x1ry Statcnwnts on
n,nttars of which the .Securtty C:ouncd ,s x,/cd. .......................... 4’)
2. I’rocerdlngs of the Securlry Cx,,,c,l rugardlng the rctentwn and dclet,on of ,tc,,Is fro,,,
theagerxla ................................................... 62

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 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

The present chaptt>r cont:lins material concerning l’nrt III contains m;lterlal on the procedure and
rules 6 to Il. inclusive, of thcl provision;{1 rules of practice of the Security c’ouncil in connexion with the
procedure of Ihe Security C’ouncil. doption of the :1gcnd;1. Section A includes :I list of
votc,s taken in adopting the agenda arrangcrl hy forms
of propos:ils votctl upon. This list is followed l)y C:ISC
AS in the previous volunles of the I<cprtoire, the
histories sumnr:!rizing thca discussion in thcb C‘ouncil
material in the present chapter is prc~scnteci c%%ctly concerning :I I)rocdur;tl :isl)cbct of the :dol)tion of th<a
under the rulrb of proccdurc to whirh it r~l;~tc~s. The
:~gcwd:~. Section I\ I)rcsents C:IW histories setting forth
C’hiljtr is dividtd into four parts: pirt I, (‘0nsitler:ition
discussion in tht, (‘nuncil of the rctluircmcnts for the
of the :ttloption or ;inlt*ntlnlent o; rules I;- 12: I);irt II.
Inclusion of ;~n item in the ag?ntl;l :intlof :hca effects of
The I’rovision:ll :\gentla: part III, :i(loption of the
such inclusion. Seclinn (‘ covers otht,r clutbstinns
.\gtd;r (rule* 9); :in(l part I\‘, ‘I’hcb :\g~~ncl;l: \l:lttcrs of
whic*h h;ivc been tlisc~usstd in conncxxion with that :itlop-
whic*h the Sc*c*urity C’ouncil is stbizc>tl (rules 10 antI 11).
tion of thcz ;~gcntl:~, such :IS the order of (Ii scussion of
itcbnis anti th<* scnl)c of itenls in rcllatlon to the scope
No nl;lteri:ll has been entered under part I, since the of the* tliscussion.
Council has not had occasion to consider any change in l’art IL’ rtLlates to the list of mattcbrs of which thch
rules 6 to 12. Security (‘ouncil is scbiztd. ‘I‘hts t;thul;rtinn in Section n
(rrrltb II) brings up to cl:ltcb th(a t:!bul;ltions in thla pre-
I’nrt II provides infornlation concaerningthe circul;l- vinris volumes of tli<b I{cpcrtoirr*
.-___ ;intl includes itcbnis
tion of communications by thrb Se~rct;~t.y-(;encr;il which h;lvcX :Ippc~;cretl in thtb S;cc,rctilry-(;c,nt~r:ll’s
(rule G), the prep;lration of tL.1, provisional agentl;t Sunlnl:iry St;itcnrclnt nn nl;tttclrs of which thv Security
(rule 7) and the comnlunic:ition of th(, provision:Il (‘orinci I is scbizcd (luring the pcrlntl 1959 tn 19fi3,
;lgC!MliL (rule 8). inclusive.

Part I
**CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF RULES 6-12

Part II
THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA

NOTE th(b (‘ounril that he h;d refrained from circulating

wrt;1in infornl;rtion whcbn he fnund that, according to
The queslions r:lis;cd in this sc,ction concern the
clil)lnn\:itic rul(bs reg;~rtlitig thrk interests of >lenlher
;Ipplic;ltion of thcb I)rnvision;il rules of procrtclur~~ to
St;ltcss. it would not be in oldtar to tin s0.U
the lJr~~l):ir:ition, :Ipprnv:ll antI circxul:Ltinn of the l)ro-
visional agenda ;mtl the circulation by the S;ccret:lry- On one occasion questions were raised concerning
Grbncral of cnnrnlrinic;itions concerning nl:itters for the l”opricty of the langwgt of cnn~muniwtinns cir-
consitlcr:ttinn 1l.y the Security C‘nuncil. ‘I‘hc, proceed- culatcd 3s official Sccaurity C’ouncil dncunrents :ind the>
ings rc~pnr~~d in this part invnlvrtl clut~stions cnnctbrning obligation, if ;iny, resting nu the Organization in this
(1) the c.i rcul:ltinn of ~oninlnnic~~tiolis by the Scncretary- cotrncsion, to rcquircX prollricaty in the use of Iz~ngrrage
Gcner:ll, (2) tht. “Iangu;lgc” nf ~nrliniunic;~tiolis circu- iti tlncunlcnts intended for circulation (C‘ase 2). C‘oni-
l:itecl ;IS nffici:ll Security C‘ounc’il tlocuni~nts, (3) the nluniwtinns front others than ;1ccreditcd rc))rcsentn-
conditions gnvc*rning the inscription of i tcbms on the tivcas of ;L gnvcrnnlent or :I foreign minister or he:d of
prod slnnir I :igmi;r , :Ind (4) thts rccluir~~mr~nts fnr in- State h;~vc ~KW~ ~lrcul;itetl by the Sc,cret~lr,y-(;etic,r:il
clusion in the provisional agenda of references to only at the request of ;I nlc~rnlwr of the Council.2
tlncllnicnts. Certain cnnlrrl~ltiic’;itions origin;iting front snurws
other than those tlcLscrilwetl in rule 6 have‘ ;ilsn ken
Under Ihe provisions of rule 6, the Secrelury-General
is nblig~d to bring to thrb :tttc~ntlon of nrcnll)csrs of thta
Counc~il al1 c,nrrlniunic:itloIis front St;ctcxs, orpins of the
[‘nit4 F;;Itimis, or thct Sc,c,r~,t;rry-(;c,!icr;il conc~t~rning
any nl:1ttcr for thus cmn~itl~~r:ltinn of thcb Stscurity
-. Cnunci I.
llowcver. during the pLriotl untl~Br rtbvir,w, thr~rc~w;~s
one instance in \vhic,h the Sc.c,ret:lry-(;c,nc,r:~l infornlcd

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40 Chapter II. Agenda

circulated as documents in the S/ series on the hasis ;I note front thcb I%rnl:rncant \lission of 1~0s to the
of Article 54 of the Charter.J/ I‘nitcd Nations, 4 Scl)tcnll)cr 1959”
Iluk? 7 entrusts the drawing up of the provisional was being considered, the representative of the I’S&
agenda for each mtxeting to the Secretary-General, said th;ct he wished to draw the attention of the I’resi-
subject to the approval of the President of the dent and othcar nlenlbers of the Council to a number of
Security Council. The Secretary-General’s discretion irregularities of a procedural nature in the convening
with respect to the inclusion of new items is restricted of the meeting.
to those items which have I)een hrought to the* attention
of the Council under rule 6. In addition to the express Ilc pointcltl out that under rule 6 the Secretary-
provisions of rule 7, the Secretary-General h;ls also General should bring to the attention of all rel)re-
taken into account whether a specific request to include sentatlves matlcbrs for the consideration of the Security
the item has been made. Pursuant to rule 9, the first Council. llowevc~r, if the rtalevant note of 4 Septrmher
item on every provisional agenda is the adoption of 1959 from the permanent representative of I.aos were
the agenda. It is during the discussion relating to the read, no indication HOUM be found that the Government
adoption of the agenda that views are express;cd with of I,aos was subnlitting the matter for the consideration
respect to the provisional agc~ntla prepared by the of the Security (‘orrncil. I\dmittedly, the Secrrtary-
Secretary-General. The compatibility with rules 6 General was himself entitled to hringany matterto the
and 7 of additions to the provisional agenda at the attention of the Security Council under Article 99, hut
state of consideration by the C’ouncil has hcen the
subject of discussion (C:~sc~ 3). :\ related question “we have just h(xard the Secretary-General state
concerned the propriety of adding to a provisional that he does not propose to do this, that he is not
agenda under consideration a reference to communica- submitting the question raised in the I,aotian repre-
tions from agovernment without authorization from the sentative’s note for the consideration of the Security
latter and in the :thsence of a request by it for a Council on the hasis of Article 99 of the Charter.
Security Council meeting (Case 4). In another in- lie has said that he is not submitting the question.
stance, inclusion in the agenda of a question of which
notice had not been given in accordance with rulcb 8 “What then is the position? The Government of
was re]ected by the Council (<‘;lse 5), although the 1,aos is not submitting the question to the Security
matter to which the Item in question related concerned Council nor is the Secretary-General doing so on
an application for admission to membership, which was the strength of the rights granted to him by the
on the list of matters of which the Security Council is Charter. Who then is submitting the question? It is
seized. The order of other items appearing on the nevertheless the Secretary-General.”
provisional agenda usually depends on the stage of
Replying to the statement of the representative of
consideration reached at the previous meeting and
the IISSR, the Secretary-General read out rule 6:
the urgency of new communications. In any event, it
is for the Council to decide the order of items on its “The Secretary-General shall immediately hring
agenda, which need not coincide with the order of the to the attention of all representatives on the Security
items in the provisional agenda3 Items on theprovi- Council all comnlunications from States. organs of
sional agenda other than Item I are generally de- the I’nited Nations. or the Secretary-General con-
scribed either by the title of the relevant document. cerning any matter for the consideration of the
by a brief heading covering the subject matter fol- Security Council . . .“.
lowed hy the title of the relevant document as a suh-
heading, by a title which has heen specifically re- tie added:
quested, or by a title which has been previously
n . . . I have received a message which ends by
approved by the Council. The wording of items on the
agenda is also a matter for final approval by the asking the Secretary-General to apply the appro-
Security Council itself. If several communications priate procedure to the request of the Government
relate to one question, the proposed agenda item is of Laos . . . the message from the Government of
usually followed hy suh-items corresponding to the I.aos containing that request, combined with my
individual communications. letter to the President containing the request for a
meeting, constitute the full documentation for this
A. RULE 6: CIRCULATION OF COMMUNICATIONS question, all communications which are relevant
BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL under rule 6-and they have heen duly hrought to
the attention of the Security Council.”
CASE 1
At the 847th meeting on 7 September 1959, when a The President (Italy) reminded the Council of his
request for the inclusion in the agenda of an item two-fold responsibility, to call meetings, and to
entitled: approve the provisional agenda drawn up by the
Secretary-General. Commenting on the statement hy
“Report by the Secretary-tieneral on the letter the representative of the USSR that rule 6 of the rules
received from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of procedure could not apply to the case in question
of the Royal Government of Laos, transmitted hy because there was no request by a State to convent
-.___ the Council, he read out the rule and pointed out that
ti Conm~unications frax the Organization of Amencan States end the “Rule 6 clearly speaks of communications from States
Inter-Amerxan Peace Corllrmttee have been dlstrlbuted a8 documents and not of formal requests from those StiItcAs in order
I” the S/ series whenever received. to have the Council convened.” Consequently, he con-
q For a dtscuss~on of this problem. see chapter I, Case 77. sidered that the requirements of rulr~ 6 had been fully
 Part II. Thtl provis ioml :@nth 41
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taken into consideration in convening the Council antI the Government from which the communication
in ristal)lishing t!,e provision;il agc~nd:~.Z/ emanates.”
(‘:\sp: 2 :\ third letter untkr cl:lte of 21 March 1963w from
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By letter d;itc?tI 11 \larch lYf;:% :~tltlrcssetl to the the representative of \‘cnozucla rcitcratccl the grounds
President of the Security (‘ouncil. thr: pc~rmancnt of protest quoted ~thovc~ :~ntl :~tlded that his Government
representative of Cuba rcqucstud thilt :I lettcbrQ/ tt;rtrb(l “does not accept the vlt>w that the (‘nited Nations is
4 March 1963 from the llinister for l‘oreign :\ffairs under an obligation to reproduce and circulate com-
of Cuba addressed to the Secret:iry-(;ener;ll be circu- munications even if they contain insults”.
lated 21s an official Security Council document. The
letter 7/ was circulated in accorclancc~ \vith the request In ;I 1etterW of 25 >l:lrrh 1963 to the rt~presentative
of the Government of Cuba. Venezuela.?/ Costa Hicay/ of Venezuela, the I’resitlcnt decl;~rctl that hc was bound
by the prxcticr of the Schrurity Council concerning the
and Paraguay,W by letters dated 14 ;Ilaroh, 15 \l:irch
public:ition. :LS Council tlocun,cnts, of communications
and 20 March 1963, rcspectivcly, prott~steti against
from blember States relating to itenls on the Council’s
the circulation of the Cuban letter because of insulting
language contained in it. Theso lcttcsrs were also cir- agenda tht> rontents of which were the rcs;,onsibility
culated as Security C‘ouncil tlocunwnts in accordance of the State which sent them, ;lntl.
with the requests of their authors. “not being empowered to modify the langu:p of a
conlmunication received from :I Member State, it
The represt~ntativtt of Venezuela in his lettrar of 14
March 1963 asserted th:tt it wxs
was my duty as l’resident of the Security Counctl
to circulate document S/5259 as worded by the
“the right and duty of the* I‘nlted Nations to require Member State from which it emanated.“W
that the langtlagc used in documents intended for
reproduction or circulation by it shorlltl he consistent 6. RULE 7: PREPARATION OF THE PROVISIONAL
with the importancac and dignity of the highest intcr- AGENDA
national organization.”
CASE 3
The I’resitlent (Hrazil) in his reply!.!/ of 15 March
1963 to the representative of Venezuc*l:i tleclared that: At the 873rd meeting on 13/14 July 1960, in con-
ncxion with the situation in the Hepublic of the Congo,
“it has heen the established practice of the Security the provisional agenda included a lettrr dated 13 *July
Counci t to circulatcb, at the request of a Member 1960 from the Secretary-General addressed to the
statt~, any document concerning an ittam inscribed President of the Security Council (S/4381). The
A on the agenda of thrs Council.” I’residcnt (Kcundor) asked if there were any ohjec-
In a further communication%under date of 18 March tions to the adoption of the proposed agenda.
1963, the representative of Venezuela pointed out The representative of the IISSH stated that he had
that his earlier letter had related asked to speak, not in order to object to the proposed
n . . . to the language which should be usedln docu- agenda, hut to suggest :Ln addition to make it more
ments intended for reproduction or circulation by precise. “We are asked,” he said,
the IJnltcd Nations.. .” “to place on our agend;l ;I letter from the Secretnry-
He added that the practice referred to by the Presi- General in which the Security Council is requested
dent was known to the Venezuelan Government and to hear a report of the Secretary-General on :I de-
accepted by it. This letter also was circulated as ari mand for Cnited Nations action in relation to the
official Security Council document. Hepublic of the Congo (S/4381]. The Secretnry-
General’s letter does not, however, indicate that
Replying to the second communication from the rep- this demand for United Nations action emanates
resentative of Venezuela, the President, in a letter of from the Congolese Government.”
19 March 196311?/ declared that he would
However, the members had before them two tele-
“only like to add that, as you are aware, the language grams from the Government of the Congo, stating
used in communications is the responsihllity of that 1Tnited Nations assistance was needed because
?/ For the text of relevant 8tatewznts, see: aggression had been cortlnritted against the Congo
847th rneetlng: I’resldent (Italy), pares. 2%20; I’SW, paras. 14-IY: by Belgium (S/4382). He therefore proposed that the
secretary-c;enere1. pares. 24-15. item he expanded to Include a
y ‘IhIs letter had kenc~rculated by the Secretary-Ckneral on 7 March
IYb3 by 111t!*r,s of a note vdmle, no t-quest havtng ken rllsde for 118 “Telegram dated 12 July 1960 from the President
clrctllntlorl il* 811 off1cml srcurlty ~OUllCll docurllrllt. Ihr clrculnrloll of the Republic of the Congo and Supreme Com-
of rtw letter by the Secretnrlat WBB the sut,)ect of a protest by the mander of the National :\rmy anti the Prime Minister
representauve of Vene/urla. See S//5272, tettrr dated 27 March 1W3 and Minister of Nattonal Defenw ;~tldressed to the
from the I’ermerwnt Ik?prcsentst~vr of Vene,~~ela addressed to rtw
Secretary-General of the [‘nited h’ations (S/4382).”
I’resldent of the ?+cunty ~Iounc~l. 11, which refel enti.? IS made to that
Ix-otest (U.N.. t WI year, Su@ for Jan.-March t’,Oi, ,I[‘. 140-147). The agenda, he concluded. would then be complete.
li S/SZfrY, m. ,I. 145.
A A/ s/who. u. ,I. 1311.
.!u s/5204. Jl,ld., pp. 141-141.
u/ s/5271, I,ld., pp. 145-146.
L!?f In further coIIIIrIIIIIIcBtlo”s of 27 end 2X March I’W. S/5272 and
w 5/52h2. u. 1’. 133. S/5273. the rcpresentetlve of Venezuela and the I%-es;dent of the .!iecunw
!.u s/sm1. Illld,. ,‘. t4.3. Cour~c~l ~t~a~ntarned that- res~nxttve ,,os,tlons (O.H.. 18th year, Sup&
L?f S/52h7, u pp. 143-144. @’ Jan.-hfarch lY6.3, pp. Ilh-147).
 In reply, the Secretary-Gencr;ll explained that the it was prcparcd to adopt the provisional agenda as
two telegrams to which the rcprcscntative of the I’%11 suhmittctl.LZ/
had referred had been circulated as a Security
Decision: The agenda as submitted was adoptcxd.‘y
Council document (S/4382), and

“the reason why I, :Is S;cc~ret:\ry-General, did not CASE 4

propose a rcfcrence to those two cnhles in the At thca 934th mfbcting on 15 t,‘chrunry 1961, in con-
agenda is simply that there is in the two telegranls nexion with the, situation in the I~cpublic of thus (‘ongo,
no reference to the Security Council: they :ire ;cd- while adoption of the agenda wits Mng considc*retl. thcb
dressed to the Secretary-General. tlowcvcr, that represcnt;Ltivt of I.iberi:\ retiucstctl “the addition to
formal aspect of course in no way bars the Security the present provisional agenda. . . of thcb question of the,
Council from deciding to t:tke them up asdocuments recent disturhanccs in the territory of :\ngol;l.” lle
of reference in the :~gcnti:~.~* urged that the Council “t;tkcs imnlediate cognizance of
what is happening in :\ngola so that, for once, WC may
I~eplying to the Prcsitient’s question whether, inview have our minds made up and our processr~s of con-
of the Secretary-~;cner~ll’s explanation, hc wished to cili::tion worked out httforcb the nr,xt crisis is upon
press his proposal that the ;~gr:nd;~ be amcndrd, the US.” (&Ming from :I statement issued hy his Govcrn-
representative of the I‘SSIi said that it seemccl to him mcnt, noting the violation of hum:tn rights in .Ingol:i,
that the Secretary-<;ener;Ll did not object to his pro- the representative continued:
posal. The Secretary-General replied that he had “‘I’hc I.ihctri:ln Gtrvcbrnmcnt h;is . . . dirc,cted its
simply made a distinction between what was proper rrLl)rtascLnt:ltivc on the Security C‘ouncil to rcbciucst thch
for the Secretary-Gencrnl to do and what W’:LS proper insc,ril)tion of the itrnr on Ihra Security (‘ouncil’s
for the Security Council to do. “I should,” he sAci, agentl:l undrr :\rticlc 34 of thrb <‘h;lrtcr of thca i’nitcsd
N;liions.”
“follow the indicatton given by the Governments ‘l‘hcb i’rc~sitl~*tlt (I’nitcd I<ingdom) pointed out that the
which addressed me. They hnvc not themselves rulcas d proccdurt~ governing that insc*ription of i teams
made it a Security Cvuncil issue and their docu- on the :cgt~ncl:c ucsre set out in the provisional ru1c.s of
ments Securtty Council documents. I’nder such cir- procedure, p:trticul:trly rulcbs 6 :ind 7, and having ex-
cumstances I felt that I should not do it.” amined those rules, it seenlctl to hinl that the l)ropos:tl
m:tdc hy the rcpresentativc of I.iberia r:iisctti cnnsider-
The representative of the i’SSIt then said that if no
able difficulty, “I am unabl~~,” he said,
member of the Council objectc~ti it would bcb tlesirahle
for the agenda to include reference to the document “to see that, under the rules as they at present stand,
S/4382. it is legitimate to add an item to the ;rgt!nti:i in the
m;mner now suggested, I therefore feel hound to
The represttntativr of the [‘nitcad States nl:iintnined rule that, under the existing rules of procedure of
that the Government of the Itepuhlic of the Congo had the Security Council, I cannot agree toadd this item
not :tsked for a meeting of the Security Council, al- as requested by the representative of Liberia.“W
though it was perfectly cnp;thle of asking for one: if it
wanted to. Nor had the Secretary-General asked for a C. RULE 8: COMMUNICATION OF THE
meeting of the Security Council on behalf of the PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Government of the t<epublic of the Congo. CASI< 5
The representative of the c’SSI{ replied that :\t the 91 Ith meeting on 3/4 Deccmher 1960, in con-
nexion with the admission of new Memhcrs, the
” . . . in accordance with the Council’s rules of President (I’SSH) stated that “The provisional :igendn
procedure . . . any member of the Security Council for tonight’s nlceting will he found in document
may propose for the inclusion in the agenda an item S/Agcntlai91 l/llcv. I. which h;ls nlrc~ntiy btsen dr-
such as the one . . . in document S/4382. This is culatc~tl to the C‘nuncil.” Then. sptb:tking as the rcl’rc-
precisely what I am doing. If the members of the sentative of the i’SSI<, he proposed that thfh :Ipplicat ion
Council take exception to my proposal, I shall not of the ;Ilongoli:in I~c~nplc’s I~epuhlic. thta second sul)-
press it.* item under itcAm 2, br t:tken up as the first sub-item.
since “The hInngoli:m I+nl)lc~‘s Republic suhmittrd its
The representative of the United States said that a first application for admission to thch 1‘nitc.d Nations
dangerous precedent woultl IW created if ;L member of over fourteen years ago” and hacl rc~suhmittc~ti it iI
the Security Council were allowed to bring a nation number of times since.
before the Council and hecome a sort of spokesman
for it without the authorization of that nation, particu-
larly when that nation was capable of asking for con-
sideration itself.

The President (l*:cuatior) stated that the representa-

tive of the I’SSII had made :I suggestionwith regard to
the agenda which the Chair regarded as entirely within
the rights of the reprcsentatlvc of the IXSl1. ilc stated.
further, that in view of the reactions to this suggestion,
the represent:ltivc of the, I’SSI1 h:ld stated that he would
not press it. The President asked the Councilwhether
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The representative of I:rance pointed out that three days hefore the meeting. I do not question the
urgency, because it is for the Council to decide
“Today, at the beginning of the meeting, a revised whether it is urgent or not. but I certainly question
/4 agenda was distributed. The original agenda appeared the filet that it w>iS not communicntod simultaneously
in document S/Agenda/91 1. with the notice of the meeting. So I think that from a
n . . . I do not quite see how we could discuss at de jurc point of view we are not in order.”
_--
such short notice the admission of the Mongolian
People’s Hepublic, still less why we should place The President, speaking as representative of the
it before a question which has been included in the USSR, asked why, since item 2 of the provisional agenda
agenda since 29 Kovemher. . . . I ask that we should was entitled “:\dmission of new Members to the I.nited
N,ltion?”
c .I the admission of any new Member could not
respect the agenda distributed to us-it remains the
existing agenda-in which the admission of the be consltlered. He said that
Islamic Republic of Rlauritania appears as the first II . . . even if no paper had been circulated to the
item . “rO/
members of tht> Security Council. any memher of the
The representative of the I’nited States said that he Council can. during the discussion of the agenda,
had noted in the provisional revised agenda Vtsubnlitted propose the inclusion in the agenda of any question
this evening at 9 o’clock, that reference was made to a whatever. Other memhers may disagree with the
letter which was not at that moment before the Security propos;ll and that is their right: hut any member of
Council and which refers to ndraft resolution (S/4570) the Security Council is entitled to propose any item
which was not before the Security C‘ouncil but which for thcb agenda and thtbother members cannot prevent
came in later, as the meeting proceeded; all of this him. n
. . . is highly irregular.” tie said, furthr>r, that he came
to the mtleting with the undtbrstandfng that it was to he The representative of Argentina, after concurring
conducted on the hasis of the agenda distributed on with the views expressed by the representative of
1 December and “it is my desire, and I believe the Italy, said:
desire of the other members of the Count,il, to deal
with that agenda”. “1 think that we should bear in mind that we must
abide by the written rules governing our work, the
The representative of Italy pointed out that more so since, as In this case, there are very good
“We have the Provisional Rules of Procedure which reasons for the rules. Why does this rule exist?
are set forth rather clearly and we have the practice For a simple reason: because we are not lIeads of
- which has been followed constantly. . . . Mule 8 of the State and we do not conduct the foreign policy of
Provisional Rules of Procedure states: our c-ountries. L~‘c are representatives: we ohey in-
structions from our Governments and we can act
“‘The Provisional Agenda for a meeting shall be only on such instructions, which we are hound to
communicated by the Secretary-General to the follow.“%
representatives on the Security Council at least
three days before the meetlng, hut in urgent cir- Decision: The proposal of the United States to in-
cumstances it may he communicated simultaneously clude in the agenda the first su&item on the question
with the notice of the meeting’.” of the admission of Mauritania was adopted by9 votes
Continuing, he said: fo 2. The second su&item relating to the inclusion in
the agend<? of the question of the admission of the
“We did not get any advice of this new item to he Mongolian I’eople’s Republic was rejected by 4 votes
inserted in our agenda. Certainly we did not get It in favour, 5 ngainst, with 2 abstentions.G/
..~ -- .--
3 The proposal COdrscuss the apphcanon of the tvlongol~an I’eol’le’s i% For th e texts of relevant statements. see:
Kepuhl~c was contained tn 8 revrsed prov~s~onel agenda d,srrIbuted the Y1 I th Iwering: I’resldent (NW), [w-as. 3-5.42, Argerxlm, peras. SO-
day of the Securlry Council meeting which conralwzd a reference CO a 51. 54-M; France. paras. 11-13. Italy, paras. 29-30: United States.
letter fro111 the representative of the IISSK to the I’resldent of the paras. 15. 19.
security Council.

Part III
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (RULE 9)

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NOTE m On one occasion during the period under review in connex~on with
the Secretary-General’s report relarmg to Laos, the Cow~ckl voted (0
I:nder rule 9, the first item of the provisional adopt the provlslcmal agenda over the objecr~ons of a permanent member.
who voted against the adoptmn (847th meeung, para. 42). At the next
agenda for each meeting of the Security Council is the rueetlng on the same queauon (848th mcetlng, paras. I-S). rhe ohjectlons
adoption of the agenda. [‘nless an oh]ectlon has been of the permar,enr member were relteratti tourwltllour a reqllesr for a Vote
raised&V the Council usually adopts the provi- on rhe adoptlot> of the agenda: the f’resldenr declarwi that since no vote
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sional agenda without vote, either with or without A. PROCEDURE OF VOTING ON ADOPTION OF
amendment.&/ THE AGENDA
As in previous volumes of the Repertoire, part 111
is therefore devoted to the proceedings of the Council 1. Votes taken concerning individual items in the
on those occasions whc*n objection was raised to the provisional agendo
adoption of the agenda.3 Section :\ deals with the When objection has heen raised to the inclusion in
manner in which the Council has taken decisions on the agenda of an item on the provisional agenda, the
the objections raised. The material is presented in vote has heen taken in one of two ways:
tabular form.
(i) On the proposal to include the item in the agenda
Section R presents case histories (Cases 6 and 7) of
the discussion in the Council when objection had heen 911th meeting, 3/4 December 1960: first sub-item
raised to the adoption of the agenda on grounds re- and second sub-item of item 2, voted upon at the same
lated to the substance of the item on the provisional meeting.W
agenda. The case histories in this section are related
(ii) On the adoption of the agenda as a whole and not
to procedural aspects of such discus&ion at the stage on the individual item=
of the adoption of the agenda; the grounds of sub-
stance for objection are stated more fully elsewhere, In other instances, the vote has been taken as follows:
especially in chapters X and XII.
2. Votes taken on proposols to determine or change
Section C covers other questions of procedure re-
the order of items
lating to the adoption of the agenda, such as the order
of discussion of items on the agenda (Case 8), and the 911 th meeting, 3/4 December‘ 19603’/
phrasing of items on the agenda (Case Q).a/
968th meeting, 26 September 1961JL/
Matters relating to the conduct of the business of
the Council have also on occasion been raised at --
m Sre for example: u 8YBth meeting, paras. 7-25. A proposal was
this stage of the meeting of the Council.E/ l’articipa-
made for a srmple adjournment of the meeting under rule 33 (2). It
tion in the discussion of the adoption of the agenda has was observed that under this rule the motion was not debatable. ‘Ihe
been limited hy the Council to its members.18/ IIIOUO~ was voted upon and adopted, and the meeting adjourned shortly
thereafter wnhout the agenda having been adopted; (Q 933rd meeung,
was requested. the agenda was considered as adopted. For other paras. l-32. ‘lie Secretary-General. speaking on a point of order,
occasions of objections to the prov~slonal agenda by* permanent member reported to the Counctl on the death of Patrice Lumumba and two of
of the Counc& wlthout formal opposltlon. where theagenda was declared his colleagues. After a brief dlscwslon, a proposal was made to
by the I’resldent as adopted. see: Y2lst meermg: pras. 31-53: adjourn the meetlog under rule 33 (3). The motion was voted upon and
957th n~eeuug: paras. 10-12; Yti4rh rneetmg: paraa. 3, 5: 9HSth meerlng: adopted, and the meetmg was adjourned wlthout the agenda having been
para. 1; W’W~ rneenrlg: paras. 3-5. tOMth rneetlng: paras. 3-R. adopted; (Q 940th meeting, paras. l-26. The Secretary-General made
a statement reporting to the Council the execution of various poliucal
i&i/ See for exsr~~ple: @ Y2Xth meetmg. pan. 55. ‘The I’resldent
personalltles UI South Kasai, Kepubllc of the Congo. A proposal was
(Umted Kmgdom). before stating that the agenda was adopted, drew
then made for an adjournment of the meeting under rule 33 (3). After
attention to a commumcatlon (S/4650) by which Libya had requested to
a brief dlscusslon. the President (United Kingdom) stated that unless
be Included as P co-signatory of the letter (S/4641). relating KO the
8ltuatton in the I<epublIc of the Congo. which appeared III the prov18Ional there was any objection the meeung would be adjourned. It was 80
decided without the agenda having been adopted; @ LY70th rneeung.
agenda; (4, YSbth meeting, par*. 1. ‘The I’resldent (ChIna) referred
paras. 4-10. After objectIons had been raised by one member of the
to the provmuord agenda coota~ned In document S/Agenda/Y56 and
Council, another member proposed an adjournment of the meeting to
rtated that Pakistan wlshod to be one of the sponsors of the nem
(tntuanon in Angola). Therefore, unless there were any objections he allow for further consultations. The President (Turkey) stated that
under rule 33 a motion to adjourn had precedence over other motton8,
would declare the agenda adopted, as amended. with the addltlon of
and since there were no objectIona, the meeting was adjourned wxhout
f’aklstan a8 one of the slgnatones of the letter dated 26 May 1961
the agenda having been adopted; &j 989th meetmg, paras. 26-75. A
(S/4Hth and Add.1). The agenda, as amended. was adopted; u 973rd
meeung, paras. 3-10. proposal was made for an adjournment of the meedng under rule 33.
l‘pon the propsal of the representative of
The President (tImted Kingdom) ruled chat the motion to adjourn h.xd
Liberia. the prov181onal agenda was amended to Include the letter dated
13 July IYbO from the Secretary-General (S/4381) bywhtch he or~gmally to be put IO the vote without debate. A challenge to this ruling, which
was made on the grounds of rule 9, was voted upon and rejected.
brought the slttatlon rn the Congo to the attention of the ‘iecunty
Council. The agenda. thus amended, was adopted. Thereupon the motion to ad)ourn wag adopted.and the Council adJourned
wirhout the agenda having been adopted.
m ch two OCCBS~M. while no objection was made to the adoptron of
a See for exan~ple: (a) ii51st meeting, paras. 5-H; @ 943rd meenng,
the agenda, other questlona were raised at this stage of the meetlog
para. 5. and (s, Y5Uth meenng, para. 7. On all three occaslon~ Member
hut the COUIICI~ decided to proceed first to the adopuon of the agenda:
@J at the RY6th States who were DOI members of the Council were afforded an oppor-
meetln& pa?~S. 8-29, the questIon of holding an
tumty to make statements on the adoptlon of the agenda after its
extraordmary meeting of the Council at Leopoldvllle, Kepubllc of the
Congo, was ramed before the adoption of the agenda. Precedence was adoptlon when debate on the rubstance of the quesuon bad been opened.
requested for an agenda Item concerning this questloo. The Councrl See chapter 111. Cases Itl. 1Y. 20. On one occasion, at the YYIsf meeting.
pmas. IUI-114, a dlscusslon was held on the request of a Member
decided to Include the Item as the first item ln its agenda for the
meeting; clr, at the Yl2th meefmg.pares.3-17. before the adoptlon of the State, non-rnerher of the Council, to participate I” the debate on the
adoprlon of the agenda. A motion to pernut such pert~c~ptlon wag not
agenda. a point of order was raised requesting the I’resldent to dls-
qualify hImself under rule 20. When rule Y was Invoked. askmg the adopted for failure to obtain the afflrmatlve vote8 of seven nlembers.
Council to proceed flrsr to rhe adopuon of the agenda. lt wa8 stated that See chapter III, Case 21.
there WBS ;just as much reason for questronmg the complete fairness 2Y Yllth meeting: pares. Y7-YS.
end lack of pre)udlce of a prestdlng officer durmg the t~rne when the w Durmg the period under review there were no lnstarlce8 of
dtscusglon of the agenda LB taking place, as there IS durmg the tune obJection to the mclusion of an Item followed by a vote on the agenda
when the dI8cu~~Ion of 8 quesrlon ~8 taking place.’ lpn the suggestion as a whole. There was, however, one m8tance (Y68tb mestIng, pars. 78)
of the President (IISSH). the Council proceeded to deal frrst with the when after the Council had voted on changing the order of two other
ndoptron of the agenda. sub-items. the f’resldent ruled that smce no objectlon had been ramed
&/ See also chapter VII, Cases 6. 7 end 8. concerning the order of there would be no vote on the third sub-Item, and the agenda as a whole
drscusslon of applrcatlons for membership at the 411th. 968th and was thus adopted. See chapter VII. Cage 7.
Wlst meeungs. These cases have not been included here to avoId ?.!f 911th meeting: pare. Y3.
duplrcatlon. W 968th rneeung: pnras. 70. 73.
 Part III. Adoption 45
_~_....__ --. of the agenda (rule 9)
3. Votes taken on the adoption of the agendo as o whole again in the future, when it would not bc right to
:ldopt the J)roposed agenda automntic:llly. In Imrticw-
847th meeting. 7 September 1959W I;tr this is the c;ise where it st’ems possible th:1t
- resnrt ta this (‘ouncil n1;ly ))ts ;Ll)usta(i. This WC
987th meeting. 18 Ijecemher 1961w
should be particul:trly vigibt to :1voitl. It c:1n tlo
991st meeting, 27 I>ehruary 196223 this Council nothing Ijut h:irni if it I~~ntis itself to
efforts to use its Liuthority for J)urely J)rop:tg:inti:c
exercises.
6. CONSIDERATION OF:
“In the present c;1se, n1y delep;ation hits reluctantly
1. Requirements for the inclusion of an item in
concluded that there VW he no other JlurJ)osc* in the
the agenda
letter I’rnnl the reJ)resent:Ltive of C’ul)a [S;i 5OHOj
c:lsI~: 6 which is listed ;IS ittam 2 of the :igentl:l whose :~dop-
tion wc ;irc nou considering th;in to rcittar:itc
I\t the 987th meeting on 18 December 1961, the
ch;irges ;tntI theses which h;tvc :1lrcntiy IIce tie-
Security Council had before it the following pro-
bated fully.”
ViSiOnill ;lgend:i:
‘J‘he reJ)rcsent:itive of Chile st;1teti:
“I,etter dated 18 December 1961 from the J’ermanent
I<eJ)resentative of Portugal to the J’resident of *WC have weighed the reasons for ;111d :Ig:\inst
the Security Council (S/503O).“L!W convening this meeting of the Security Council :ind
\v~’ ;1rc not convinced th:1t n rt*nI)taning of thtx titah:itc
In oJ]posing the :tdoptJon of the provisional agenda,
could m:tkc :1nv contribution to the WUS;C of I)rn:~cc.
the rcJ)resent:ltive of the I’S%{ st:lttktl thnt hr could
not regard tht* letbr of the represrnt;ltivc of Portug:ll, “‘I’htsse doubts :ind consitit~r;itions \vill d~~tt~rniinf
cJu:ilifying the cvcnts in Gon ;IS :ln:Iggrcssion hy Indi:~, our vote nil the :1tioJ)tic,n of th(b ;~gc~ntla.. . .”
:*s ;I h;lsis for :I discussion nf the question I),y tht,
Supporting the :1doI)tinn of the agcnd:~. the rcsJ)re-
Security Council. ‘J’hc situ:ition in territories whicxtl
sr*tit:itivca of Gh:111:1 noted th;it .\rti(*ltbh 8.1 :intl X5 hitI
wert. p:irt of :I sovereign St:ltc> could not. undtbr thch
been invoked it1 the letter of submission, and stated
(‘hartcr, be ;t suhjcct for consideration by ;1ny I‘nittsd
tt1:ct
Kntions org;m, including thr S;ecurity C’nunril. ‘J‘h(a
current m;\ttcr fell exclusively within the tiomt~stic
jurisdiction of India hecnusc Go:1 :~nd the othtbr
Portuguese colonies in Indian territory coM1d not
be regarded 3s other thun temJ)orarily under tht>
“\i’ithout going into thta sut)st:1nctb of thc~firic~v:rnco.
colonial domination of J’ortu@l.X: ‘J’hta J’rcsitit~nt,
I think thta Security (‘ouncii is tlutv hound to listt,n
speaking as the represent:itivr of the I‘nitcd :\rah
to the ~Jettrht~r Govt~rnnlcnt which h;ls nr:~dta this
I~epuhlic. :tlso expressed his reserv:ltions reg:lrding
:LpI)ro;lc’h. I think wc tlcsrivt* our inspir;ttion I;krgcsly
the letter.
front :\rticlc 35 of the C‘hl1rtcr.”
Decision: The a,cpnda was put to the vote and adopted
The rcJ)rescnt:itive of the I’SSlt ~sprcsst~ci the view
by 7 votes in favour to2against. with 2 abstentions.h. that the n1:1in rc;lson why the rc~prcsent;ltivt~ ot thcb
I’nited Jiin@n1 ob]ecWtl to thta :icir)I)tiot~ of thta :1~t~nd;i
CASkI 7
wils esscnti;illy J)olitic;il. fle :iddcd:
i\t the 991st meeting on 27 I:ehruary 1962, the n . 9 . one nlight risk, Lvhy si1ould the I’nitcd Kingdom
Security Council had the following before it :I$ item 2 rcJ)rcscnt;itive try to divine \vhy the itunl is J)cing
of its J)rovisional ngendir: proJ1osed? Why not ;idopt the agcntl;c, listt:n to the
“I,etter dated 2% Yehruary 1962 from the J’erma- rcJ)rcscntntivc who proposctl thcx itc>rtr, :~nd find out
nent Heprcsentative of C’uhn to the J’resident of that way why it W:IS J)roJ)oscti? , . .
the Security Council (S/5080)“.
“I’n(kir thra Ch;lrter, :tn> Statts h;Ls :I full right to
The representative of the I’nited Kingdom, objecting bring uI) :iny question, no ni:ltttxr how :tnnc,!,iiig it
to the inclusion of the item in the agend:l, stated: may t)c> to arly country rcI)rt~st~nlc~(l ;irounti this
t:1l)lcb. \I’(, nlust t’nsurt thcb t~sc~rc~ist~ III‘ th:tt right . . .
“It is not often done in this Council to question If wt’ w;lnt the (‘nited X;itic)ns to live* uJ) trl it5 lull
the adoption of the zlgenda proJ)osed for it. Indeed, potenti;il, if WC’ w2lIlt (;0\‘c’1‘11711~‘1115 to (‘0111~’ to
I think it is right that there should he :I J)re- it, instead of :tcting bchi11tl its I):ick, WC’ :IIY’ in
disposition in f:lvour of inscribing nny comJ)lnint duty bound to givt ;I hra;irinl: to :1tiy country, any
brought to the Security Council :md of giving full Governnlctit, which I)ringb :i question t)tbf’orcb tht,
hearing to the complainant. i%ut e;lch cnsc must be Security Council. Otherwise thcrc \vill t)t* no 1’tiit~~d
examined on its merits and there have been in-
Niations.. . .”
stances in the J)ast. and there undoubtedly will he
‘J‘he rc:J)rescnt;ttlvcs of the I‘niteti :\r:1h Itcpublic
L% 847th rrwet~ng: pat-a. 42. observed th:rt:
29 W71h rUeetl”g: pat-a. 7.
w v11st lneerlrlg: prll. 144. “i\s ;i nl:ittcr of J)rinciJ)lc our tlC!It‘fiiltiOfl cannot
?!I/ O.K.. 16th year, SUP+ for tic.-tkc. IYOI. 1’~. 205-2(k deny any XJcmbcr St:cte the right of :Lcct’ss to this
L!zl For texts of relewmr Sc.9telrlellts. see: Council. the right of Jlrescnting its W~C ;~nd ol)t;ti11-
Y87th mrer,ng: I’resldent (I’,%#), para. 6; I’SSK. paras. 2-5. ing the opJ)ortunity for the fullest tIisc,ussion ii1ltl
%t/ YH7lh meet,,,g: f~ra. 7. thtb f:iirest rovicw of such a c*;ise by this t,otl,v. ‘I-his
46 Chapter II. Agenda
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we feel is an obligation inherent in the spirit and The representative of Ecuador did not think that
h*ttclr of our Charter. and for these reasons we the item proposed by the USSR should he considered
support the adoption of the agenda. . . .” first; rather, the provision:11 agenda should be ndopted
without change. and once the Council had heard the
In thca vicbw of the representative of Homania. ohjer-
Secretary-General and, possihly, the representative
tions to the adoption of the agen(l:l violated the of Yugoslavia, priority could he given to the proposal
funtl;~n~cnt:~l rights of Member St:itcs, as set forth of the t’SSl( under item 2 of the agenda.
in :\rticles :j4 :rnd 35 of thcb Charter, especially the
right to ask the Council to tlehatc and resnlve The representative of Poland took the view that
questions which cndangc~rrd the sc>curlty and intlt~- since the proposal of the representative of the MS11
p~‘tldetw of St:itcs. The l’resident, speaking as the concerned the plxce for holding the meeting of the
rcq)rcsentative of the 1:nited Statt.s, stated: Council It should be disposed of first. ‘l’htl reprc-
sentative of I.:cuador did not press his point. No
“My (;ov<arnmcsnt believes tleeply in the principle objection having been expressed to the inclusion of
that all nations, 1:trge or small, tlesc~rvc~ :I hetrring the telegram front the l’rimc hlinister of the Congo
in this Org:~niz;ttion; I)ut nly Govttrnntent also he- :IS the first ltenl in the agenda, it was adopted. as
licves that the workings of our 0rganiz:ction should
amended, without votc.43/
not be perverted and disrupted by constant rcpeti-
tion for propag;mrl;i purposes of groundless :inil self- **2. Scope of items and sub-items on the agenda in
serving charges that h;\vc :Ilre:lcly hecn thoroughly relation to the scope of discussion
considered and thoroughly rejccted.“a
3. Phrasing of items on the agenda
Decision:The Council rejrctrd the provisional
(‘:\SE 9
ngrlndn by 4 votc1.s in fnvour. none a&zinst, with 7
nhstrntions.9 :\t the 912th nrceting on 7 December 1960, the pro-
visional :qt,nda included as item 2 the following text:
**2. Effect of the inclusion of an item in the agenda
“r’rgent m~‘asures in ronnexionuith the latest events
in the Congo:
“Statement dated 6 December 1960 by the Govern-
C. OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION OF
ment of the Cnion of Soviet Socialist I1epuhlics
THE AGENDA
concerning the situation in the Congo (S/4573).
1. Order of discussion of items on the agenda
“h’ote by the Secretary-General (S/4571).”
C:\Sl’ 8
The representative of prance remarked that the
At the 896th meeting on 9 September 1960. item 2 provisional agenda W;LS based on a document of the
of the provisional agenda read as follows: Government of the I‘SSIt the text of which had a tone
nI.cttc~r t1:ltc.d 1 :l .July 1960 from the Secretary- th:rt could he dcscrihetl as being not worthy of the
(;c~cr:rl atltlrc~ssctl to the President of the Scacurity Council.
Council (S/4381); fourth report of the Secrctary- The representative of Italy concurred, and stated
General on the implemcMation of Security Council th:it the document could not he the basis of discussion
resolutions S/43f37 of 14 *July 1960, S/4405 of by the Council. The agenda should he modified to read
22 .July 1960 ;~nd S/4426 of 9 :‘.ugust 1960 (S/4482 as follows:
and /\&I. 1); letter tlatet! 8 Septenihtar 1960 from
the I’ermnnent Iteprtasentative of Yugoslavia to “Letter dated 13 July 1960 from the Secretary-
the I’nited Nations addressed to the I’resident of Gc~neral addressed to the l’resident of the .Security
the Security Council (S/4485).” Council (S/4381);

Before the adoption of the agenda. the representative “I’rgent measures in connexion with the latest
of the I’SSH drew attention to ti telegr:\ntizW from the events in the Congo:
prime Jlinister of the Republic of the Congo inviting “Sate by the Secretary-General (S/4571).”
the Security Council to hold its next meeting on the
question of the situation in the Congo in l.eopoldville, In the opinion of the representative of Poland. the
;tnd proposed that the telegr;lm should be considered document submitted by the CSSI< Government was
before any other cluestion. He submitted EI draft entirely acceptable and should be included in the
rcso!utionW to this effect. Concurring with the agenda. Should the document be excluded. he added,
representative of the I’SSH. the l’resident (Mly) “then WV would have for the future a very dangerous
proposed to inscribe the telegr:im of the Prime situation where, hy the mere procedure of a vote,
lrlinister on the agt~da since otherwise it could not the rq)rescntatives of certain Governments here
be discusscti. Ile also proposed, in view of the pro- would he ahle to take away the rights of the repre-
cedural character of the item. to place it first. sentatlves of other States and Governments to
present any view or any opinions . . . for the atten-
L!!J hot-
k’X,S of relevant state,ncnts, see: tion of the Security Council.”
“‘)lSt rrvXt,rl~: I’t-eSldlct,t (1’111td States), ~‘clras. 45, 144; L’hlle, -
~“8s. I’)-20; Ghana, ,mras. 23-24: Kornsniu, pera. 71; USSK. pilras. 27,
z?$ wbth ,lK!etrng: para. Lx‘,.
29, 3%40: Ilnlted Arab Kq’t’bltc. pars. 65: llnited Klngdorn. paras. 2-3.
For texts of rclevallt SteternentS, see:
E/ Wlst mertlng: ,x,ra. 144. Xwth r~~ettng: IYcsldent (Italy). paras. 8, 14, lb, 24. 29; tcuador,
4f/ 5/44H1,. O.K., 15th year. Sujrf’l. for July-!jqx. I’UA), p. 145. ,wras. Ii-20, 25. 28. I’oland, poras. 12-23: CSSK. peras. Y-13. 15.
z/ 5/44’)4. H’htll Illretlrlg: ,mra, 13. 26-27.
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The President, speaking as the representative of delegations have to say concerning the question of
the IlSSlt, remarked that the Council had been con- the Congo, we are not prepared to accept on un-
vened at the request of his Government to consider satisfactory wording for the :igentla item.”
the situation in the Congo and toendeavour to inqrovc
that situation. Jle went 011 to say that The reprttsent:ctive of Italy W;IS ready to accept the
n . . . any document suggestlon of the represent:itlve of <‘eylon not to USC
submitted by the Government the Soviet document as :I busis for the (‘ouncil’s
of any country must be included in the docunlents
dlscussions. On th:it unrlerst:~ntling he proposed the
apl)ended to the corrchsponding item of the qenth . .. following wording for the agc~l;~:
In other wnrds, therms WJI he no circumstances in
whir% the (;ov~~rnnlc~nt of any country is un:Jhle to “I,tnttcr tlatctl 13 .July 1960 frnnl the Scacrct:iry-
r:Ji 5~’ any question in the Security (‘ouncil or is General :Iddresscd to the I’rcsitlcnt nf thca Scbcaurity
un:i))le to subniit :tny document for consi~lt:r;ction (‘ouncil (S/-1381);
in the Security C’ouncil, however dist;istc*ful it nl;iy “I’rgcnt nlc*asures in connexinn with the littest
be to one or :lnothcr cleleg;ttion.” ravcnts in the (‘ongo:
The represent:ktivtb of Ceylon tleclart~tl that the “Kr)tl, I)y the S;ccret:try-(;ener:ll (S/4571);
(:ouncail U’IR not concerncbd with thtl sut)st:tnce of the
document ;it th:it st;igtz. 11th pr”J”‘stYl to Jlltaet the cd,- “St.itenlent dated 1; I)e~cn~l~~r 19(:0 hy the* Govtsrn-
jection to its inclusion In the :igcnd:1 hy refrrring to it rncsnt 01’ thrl I’nlon of Sovicst Sori;lliht IIquhllc~s
at the end of the :qcAntl;J. It woultl then ht* one of the concerning the* situ:ction in tht, (‘ongo (S/457:<).”
clocumc~nts :~J)pt~;Lring in th:it :igttncJ;c. :~ntl \h’ould Jmt
fornl 3 bil.+iS for tliscussion. ‘I’hc I’resident, sl)c:lking ;LS thtn rq)r~~s~~nt;\tivc of the
I’SSIi, fouml this :irr:lngc~mt-rlt of the. :lgt*ncl:c illogicxl.
. The rc,prcsent;itiv(% of I~‘rance st;lted that his tl(*lt*- llowcver, in tlx* ;ct)scnec of objection? 114’ othtbrs. hc
g;ltion h:ccl never objected to thtb circulation, of a did not press his points.!?/
docunlent, ;tnd held th;rt the cirr’ul;ktion of :I doc*ument
was cm’ thing and the cstablishnxbnt of thv C‘ouncil’s Decision: Thtbnfpnda, as am~nclrd, was arloptfd.~
:Jgc7xla was mother. The two things wt’re not directly
related. IJe continued: **4. Postponement of consideration of items
“When I question is submitted to the Council by any
31embcr of the I’nited Nations. the Council is fully -.___-
entitled to consider the question . . . in thtb form
- which it deems :tppropriate. The wording of agenda
items is ;I nl;itter for the (‘ouncil to devide. ;\nd
while my delegation is prepxred to listen to what

Part IV
THE AGENDA: MATTERS 0~ WHICH THE SECURITY COUNCIL Is SEIZED (RULES IO AND 11)

NOTE additional evidence supportmg such retention has been

provided when the President of the Council has at)-
I<ule 10 of the provisional rules of procedure wus nouriced, upon the conclusion ol the clebnte, that the
designed to enable the Security Council to continue, Council remamcd seized 01 LL question or that it had
at its next meeting, the consideration of an item of disposed of the matter (C;iscs 11 and 12).
unfinished business without subjecting th:tt item to
The tabulation appearing in section U. 1 Lrings up to
renewed debate in connexion with the adoption of the
date those appearing in previous volumes of the
agenda. In practice, however, the provisional agenda
l<epertolrc.
has not contained all items of unfinished business.
‘The case history inserted in section :\ (Case 10) is
A. RULE 10
related to 111 inst;tncc when :I proposal was made by
a member of the Council that the provisional agenda CASE 10
be modified to include in It I letter, in order to show At the 973rd meeting on 13 November 1961, the
that the proposed item was part of the unfinished Security Council had on its provisional agenda a
business of the Council. k!ttert!?Y dated 3 Niovenit~e~’ 1961 iron1 the repre-
III the volume of the Iteprtoire covering the period SeritatlVeS oi k:thiopia, higeria :111d Sudan to the
1946 - 1951, it W;LS noted43 that items on the agenda President 01 the Security Council requesting hlnl to
of the Council have remained OJI the Secretary- convcnC: the Council to consider the situ:ltion prevailing
General’s Summary Statement of matters of which in the province of Katanga (Itcpublic of the Congo)
the Security Council is seized when the tenor of the caused by the lawless acts of mcrccnaries.
Council’s discussion has revealed a continuing con- The represcntntive of l.iberia, un ;I point of order,
cern with the matter. During the period under review, drew the attention uf the Council to the letter% of

43 k!Jptom of the I’ractlcc of the .%curlty ~ouIlc~~,~t’~4l,-i’~5t,

,I. n4.
48 Chapter II. Agenda
13 July 1960 from the Secretary-General and ob- naturally be appropriate to list the document con-
served: taining the letter from the Permanent Hepre-
sentatives of Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sudan (S/4973]
“I have noted that from the 873rd meeting of the
immediately beneath, if this is the wish.”
Security Council, on 13-14 July 1960, until the
942nd meeting on 20/21 February 1961,duringwhich The representative of the United States, concurring
period there were, I believe, forty-five meetings of with the reprcsentativcs of Iiberia and the United
the Council devoted to the Congo, the agenda has Kingdom, stated:
burnt this item: ‘Letter dated 13 July 1960 from
“Consideration of this situation in the Congo began
the Secretary-General addressed to the President
with the letter of 13 July 1960 [S/4981] from the
uf the Security Council (S/4381).’
Secretary-General to the President v f the Security
“I note that today the provisional agenda omits Council; and it is under this agenda item that all
that letter, and I think that it is desirable and im- previous resolutions of the Council have been
perative that the agenda of our meeting today should adopted. We are not beginrung, as I understand it, a
include that item m order to enable the Council to new programme today. We are attempting to con-
refer back to the letter in question and to the situation tinue one, and if possible, to improve what has been
which has arisen from the consideration by the Coun- done up to now. We, therefore, see no reason to
cil of the situation in the Congo as the result of the change the title of the agenda item from the one
Secretary-General’s letter. which we have used heretofore.
II. . . therefore my delegation proposes that the II. . . I would urge, therefore, that we keep a general
agenda should be modified to include the letter from agenda item which will cover all types of cases and
the Secretary-General contained in document S/ all types of problems, as we have in the past.”
4331.”
The President, speaking as the representative of the
In expressing his support for this proposal, USSR, obsLrvcd that he would not object to this pro-
the representative of the United Kingdom stated: posal put forward by the representative of I.iberia to
place the Secretary-General’s letter on the agenda.
“We think the point is an important one because
the United Nations involvement in the affairs of the Then, speaking as President (USSR), he stated that
Congo has been a continuing process and goes right if there were no objections, he would regard the agenda
back to that original request from the Secretary- as adopted in the form proposed by the representative
Gcncral . .. . of Liberia. 42

n . . . In our discussions here, and possibly in any Decision: The Council thereupon adopted the agenda,
decisions we may reach, we shall want to take as amended.?!Y
account of all the developments which have happened ff/ For texts of relevant StatclllentS. see:
over the last year, and we can more fittingly and Y73rd ,,wet,ng: I’resldent (I ‘SK). [maras. 2, I l-10. Llkrla. Paras. 3-5.
more efficiently do so if the title on the item of our I mtrd KIII@OIII, pat-as. 6-7; I‘mted States, paras. ‘1, IO.
agenda is worded as it has been before. It will then ?!z?f W3rd neetlng: pra. IO.
 The aganria: matters of which thv Srx’urity Council is scizd (rules 10 and 49
Part IV.
~--- .~ 11)
B. RULE 11
1. Retention and deletion of items from the Secretary-General’s Summory Statements
on matters of which the Security Council is seized

This tabulation, which supplements those appearing in the Hepertuire, -- 1946-1951,

_~ pp. 85-91, the Supplement. 1952-1955,
pp. 33-40, and the Supplement, 1956-1958, pp. 36-45, covers matters appearing in the Secretary-General’s Summary
Statements during the period 1959-1963. The items included are (1) those of which the Security Council was seized at
the close of the period covered by the earlier tabulations, and (2) items of which the Council has been semed Smce that
time. Items are listed In the order in which they have appeared in the Summury Statement. Items to the end of 1958 are
numbered to conform with the numberinn in the eurher tabulation. The titles used are those occurring m the Summary
Statement except for some abridgments.
kiL acnon of the &llll entry I”
y,JJt Illcluslq! tlrst entry I” Gxncll
.-___ a, Of Sunllllary .starement
--- am

m I” the am1n Sunmary

-.- Suremenl 31 Llecen~ber IYbD ~~l~~kcenltrr lwd

1. The Iranian question 3rd meeting, s/45, Adopted Netherlands pro-

28 January 1946 23 April 1946 posal to adjourn discus-
sion and resume il at the
request of any member
43rd meeting
22 May 1946+
3. statute und Nules of 1st meeting, s/45, Keferrcd report of Military
Procedure of Military 17 January 1946 23 April 1946 Staff Committee to Com-
Staff Committee mittee of Experts
23rd meeting,
16 February 1946
4. Special Agreements un- 1st meeting, s/45, Discussed report of Mili-
der Article 43 of the 17 January 1946 23 April 1946 tary Staff Committee
Charter 157th meeting,
15 July 1947
5. Hules of Procedure of 1st meeting, s/45, Amended rules
the Security Council 17 January 1946 23 April 1946 468th meeting,
28 February 1950

14. The general regulation 68th meeting, S/238.Y Dissolved Commission for
and reduclion of ar- 31 December 1946 3 January 1947 Conventional Armaments
mnmf:nts *n accordance with
recommendation in ticn-
era1 Assembly resolution
502 (VI)
57 1st mcctlng.
30 January 1952
lnformutlon on armed 89th meeting. s/24@
forces of United Na- 7 January 1947 10 January 1947
tions (General r\s-
sembly rcsolutlons 4I
(I) and 42 (1))
19. Appointment of a Gov- 143rd meeting, S/382* Postponed discussion of the
urnor of the Free 20 June 1947 20 June 1947 item
‘Territory of Tricste 647th meeting,
14 December 1953

20. The Egyptian question 159th meeting, S/425, k2JWtL’d Chinese draft
17 July 1947 18 July 1947 resolution
2Ulst meeting.
1U Septetnher 1947ti

21. The Indoneslanqucstion 171st meeting, S/461, Failed to adopt Canadllcn

m 31 July 1947 1 August 1947 draft resolution Ltnd rc’-
jetted Ukrainian SSR
draft resolution
456th meeting,
I.! I)ecc*mher 194g3

22. Votmg procedure 111 Lhe 197th meeting. s/5.33, Prcsldentiitl statcn1ent

Security Council 27 August 1947 29 August 1947 concL,rning cnrtcor11e of

ttuxthgs of flvc* perma-
ncnt ml: rnbcrs 111 uc-
cordancc with Gcncrcll
Assembly resolution of
14 April 19-l!), 195th ple-
nary session
452nd nlcctlnK,
18 October 1949
50 Chapter II. Agenda
-____-~

I:lrst Incluslorl Flrsr cnrry In

-111 ltle agrnda
-- sumrr.ary .._...-
slaterient -.
24. I’rucedure 111 ilpplica- 220th meeting, S/603,
tion of Articles 87 and 15November 1947 15 November 1947
88 of the Churter with
regard to the l’ncific
Islands under Stra-
tegic Trusteeship of
the United States

25. Applications for mem- 409th meeting. S/1244,

bership3 tbqu\Jlic 15 February 1949 ’ 7 February 1949
of Kurca
letter 01 11 b’cbruary 409th meeting, s/1257,
1949 front the rupre- 15 I*‘cbruary 1949 14 February 1949
sentatlvc of the 1 SSH
c0IIcernIng ;i,J,JIlcI-

tlon by the Demucralx

I’copl~!‘s Ik!~JU~JliC of
Korea
26. The I’alcstinc question 222nd meeting, S/623,
9 December 1947 12 I)eccmbcr 194i

27. The Indla-l’;Lklst:Il1 226th m’xting, S/641,

qucst1ur1 A: 6 January 1948 9 January 1948

28. The CzcchohluvAques- 268th nicctlng. s/700,

tion 17 March 1948 22 March 1948

:w. Qucstlorl 01 the I’rct, S/959

‘I‘crrltory uf ‘l‘l’icstc 10 :;upl5t 19&l
 Part IV. The agenda: mntters of which__- the Securi[v Council is seized (rules 10 and 11) 51

- 44. Complunt of bombing 493rd meeting,

by air forces of the 31 August 1950
territory of China

48. Complaint of failure by 559th meeting, S/2364, Adoptctl French nlotlon to

the Irunian Govern- 1 October 1951 2 October 1951 adjourn the debate until
ment to comply with the Intcrnatlonal Court
provisional measures h:ld ruled on ~tsownconl-
indicuted by the Inter- ~,“tcwx

national Court of Jus- 5ti5th mcctm~,

tice m the Anglo- 1’3 octobcr 1951
Iranian 011 Company
cuae

50. New applications for 594th meeting. s/2770. Kot reconlw2rNlcd

membership. Viet- 2 September 1952 tl September 1952 6U3rd nlecting,

Nam (S/2446) 19 Septcnllwr 1952
Democratic Republic of 594th meeting, s/2770, IGut rcculllmc~lll~d

Viet-Nam (S/2466) 2 September 1952 8 September 1952 6U;lrd nicctlng,

1Y Scptcmber 1952

51. Question of appeal to 577th meeting, S/2679, IteJccted I’sSIt draft rcso-
States to accede to and 18 June 1952 23 June 1952 lut1on
ratify the Geneva Pro- 58:Irtl meeting,
tocol of 1925 for the 26 June 1952
prohibitIon of the use
of bacterial weapons

52. Question of request fol 58lst meeting, S/2tit17, kJ”Ckd LSSI< draft ruse-
investigation of al- 23 June 1952 1 July 1952 lut1on

leged bacterial war- 585th nrectmg,

fare 1 July 1952
b’;lllcd tu adq,t l’.S. tlrult
rcsolutlon
587th nlccting.
:I July 1962
~allcd to adopt l’.S. draft
resulutlon
5YUth rncctmg,
Y July 1952

56. Letter dated 29 May 672nd meetmg. s/3224 I.‘u~led to udopt ThuAind
1954 from the actmg 3 June 1954 8 Jun:, 1954 draft resolution
permanent rrpre- (S/3229)
sentative of Thallnnd 674th nrccting,
to the United Nations 18 June 1’354
addressed to the
President of the Secu-
rlty Council (S/3220)

57. Cablegrnm dated 19 675th meeting. s/:1257, Failed to adopt LWn;l.illun-

June 1954 from the 20 June 1954 29 June It)54 Colombian tlruit rcsolu-
Minister of External t1un (S/323ti/ Ikv. 1)
Helatlons of Guate- Adoptc(l French dr;~It rcso-
mala addressed to the 1ut1un (S/.WT)
President of the Secu- ti75th nlec~tlllg.
rity Council (S/9232) 20 June* IY54ll

59. Letter dated 8 Septem- 679th mettting, S/3289, htljournctl to mcc*t aguln
ber 1954 from the lUSepte,nb~ 1954 I3 Scptcmbvr 1954 upon rcqucst Of ‘my dclc-
representative of the g”tlon
U.S. addressed to the
President of the Secu-
rity Council
 61. I.cttcr tlatcd 28 January Postponed consld(sration of
1955 fronl the repre- matters contained in the
scrltntlvc of New %ea- letter from the reprc-
land utldres.sed Lo the sentative of h‘cw %ealand
President of the Secu- 691st meeting,
rity Council conccrn- 14 February 1955
ing the question of Rejected USSR motion to
hostilities in the area consider the next Item
of certain islands off on the ugenda
the coast of the main- 691st meeting,
land of China 14 February 1955
Letter dated 30 Januury
1955 from the rcpre-
scntatlve of the USSl<
addressed to the
President of the Secu-
rity Council cunccrn-
ing the question of
acts of aggression by
the U.S. against the
People’s Hepublic ol
China m the area of
Taiwan and other
islands of China
62. Applications for mem-
bership *I
Reconsideratmn. hlon- 701st meetlng, s/3507, Rejected USSIt amendment See items 73,77 and
gollun People’s Re- 10 December 1955 13l)ecember 1955 (S/3517) to Cnited King- 112 below
public dom draft resolution (S/
3513) and postponed fur-
ther consideration of lat-
ter
708th meeting.
21 IXxember 1955
I<econsid~~ration. He- 703rd meeting, s/3515, Not recommended See items 77 and 85
public uf Korea. Viet- 13 December 1955 15L)eccmber 1955 704th meeting, tXlOH
NanI 13 Ix!cc mber 1955
68. l.ctter dated 23 Septem- 734th meeting, S/3G61, After adopting the first part
ber 1956 from the 26September 1956 1 October 1956 of the Joint draft resolu-
representatives of tion (S/3671); the Council
l~‘ranc~: :und the United rcjccted thy second part
Kingdom ntldrcssed to ;is ;imendr:tI by Iran
the Prcsldent of the 743rd nlectmg,
Security Council (S/ 13 October 1956
3654)
69. Ixttcr dirted 24Sept~n+ 734th rneetmg, S/3661. I<eJc*cteti 1 motion to dis-
IxLr 1956 from the 26Scptembcr 1956 1 October lY56 cubs this item simul-
rcprescntalivc of taneously with the pre-
b;gypt uddresscd to the ccthng une bubtnittcd by
Pre.sidcnt of the Secu- E‘rnncc and the L:mtctI
rity Council (S/YGGti) Kingdom
7::4th meeting,
26 Scptcmbcr 1956
70. Ixttcr dated 270ctoI1cr 746th nleeting, S/3738, Adopted United States draft
lY56 from the repre- 28 October 1956 6 November 1956 resolution (s/:17:1:~) Lo
scntat1vcs of I-‘r;M!c, cxll an cbmcrgcncy spe-
the, L nitcd Kmgdom cial sess~un of the Gcn-
;cntI the 1:nitcd Stutcs erxl Assembly
adtlrcssed to the 754tt1 r:lcctIn~
Pre.sid~~nt of thu Sccu- 4 Ir;ovcml,er 1956

rlty Council (S/36Yo)

71. I.cttcr tliltetl 25octobe~ 747th mcctmg, Adjourned Its discussion
1956 Iron1 the rcprcb- L9 OctoI*r 195ti to a furthc,r dxtc
scntntive 01 E’r;incc* 747th nlct%lng,
;tddrcssetl to the EY Octotx*r 1956
Sccr~t;try-(;cn~ral (S/
3tiHY md Corr. I)
Part IV. The agenda: matters of whfch the Security Council is seized (rules 10 and 11) 53

72. I,ettcr dalec! 30 October 750th meeting, S/3738, Adopted Yuguslav draft
1956 from the repre- 30 October 1956 6 h’odember 1956 resolution (S/37 19)
sentative of Egypt ad- 751~~1 meeting,
dressed to the Presi- 31 October 1956
dent of the Security
Council (S/3712)

73. Admissionof new Mem-

hersl/
Mongolian People’s 756th meeting, s/3759, Ite]ecled USSR draft rcso- See items 77 and
Republic 12l)ecember 1956 17 llecember 1955 lution (S/3755) 112 below
756th meeting,
12 IIeccnrber 1956

77. Admission of new Mem-

bers
Repubk of Korea 789th meeting, s/3888, Helected CSSI< amendment Set, item 85 below
9 September I957 17 September 1957 (S/3887) to recommend
simultaneous adnnssion
of Democratic Ikxqle’s
Republic of Korea and of
the Itepublic of Korea
Not recommended
790th meeting,
9 September 1957

Viet-Nam 789th meeting, S/3888, &iot recommended See ltcnl 85 below

9 September 1957 17 September 1957 790th nlecting,
9 Scptcmkr 1957

Mongolian People’s 789th meeting, S/3888, &cl recomnlendcd See lklll 112 belou
I~epubhc 9 September 1957 17 September 1957 790th meeting,
9 September 1957

78. The Tunlslan question 8 11 th meeting, S/3967, Adjourned the rnecting un-
(1) : 18 February 1958 26 February 195&l der rule 32
Ixtter dated 13 I:eb- 8 I1 th mcctlng,
ruary 1958 from the 18 I’ebruary 1958
permanent repre-
sentative cf Tunisia
to the Prcsldent of
the Security Council
concerning: “COlll-
plamt by Tunisia in
rcaspect of an act of
xggression committed
against 11 by France,
on ti February 195Hnt
S;lklet-Side-Yuussef”
1.ettcr dated 14 Fcb-
ruary 1958 from the
pernluncnt rcpre-
sentative of Franck’
to the l’rcsidcnt of
the Sccurlty Council
concerning: “Situa-
twn resulting from
the aid turnished by
‘l‘uniaia to rebels en-
;rblmg them to conduct
operations fromTuni-
sl;in tcrrltory direct-
cd :cgu1nst the ln-
tegrlty of French tcr-
ritory and the safety
of the persons and
property of b’rcnch
nationals”
54 Chapter II. Agenda

Flrsr entry 111

$Jrllrrlu-y statenlcn(

79. Letter duted 20 k’cb- B12th meeting, S/3967, Decki that the next meet-
ruary 1958 from the 21 February 1958 26 February 1958 ing, if necesstlry, would
rcprescntative of the be called after consulta-
Sudan addressed to tion anlong nlcmbers und
the Secretilry-Gen- the parks concerned
eraI 812th mcctmg,
21 PAxwary 1958

80. Complaint of the repre- 814th meeting, S/:1996, Fa1lcd tu adopt United
sentative of the USSIt 2Y April 1958 28 April 1958 States draft resolution
(S/3995), us amendtxf by
SwedeIl, LIlld rejected
VSSI1 draft resolution (S/
3997)
8 17th mWtlng,
2 Nay 1958

82. The Tunisian question 819th meetmg. s/4021, Statemcnls made IJY
(II) : 2 June 1958 9 June 1958 the representatives of
lxttcr dated 29 May Franw and Tunisia con-
1958 from the repre- ct,rning the agreement
scntative of Tunisia to rcachctl by t!xir Govern-
the President of the ments
Sccurlty Council con- 826th meeting,
cerning: “Complaint 18 June 1958
by Tunisia in respect
of ucts of armed ag-
gresslull committed
ng:l~nst it since hlay
1958 by the E’rcnch
nlilltary forces sta-
tioned 1n its territory
m~1 in :\lgeri;i”
I.elt<*r tlntctl 29 hluy
from th<b reprc-
sentatiw o! I~‘rancc
to Lhc PrcsAat of
the Sccurlly Council
concerning:
u “The compl:wt
brought by E‘rancc
:iK”“lS~ ‘Tun1a1;c 011

14 February 1958
(clucunlcnt S/3954)”
t!4 “T hc: situxtion
;WlSlflK OUt Of thcdih-
ruptlon, 11y ‘l’unis~a, of
Ih<* lnodus
__-. vlvcrldl
--__
which had ken eslab-
libhctl s~nct’ Fclxuarj
195X with regard tu
LhC alaliomng 01
k‘rench troups at ccr-
hit1 point5 111 ‘Tuni-
sli(n tcr‘rltory”
Part IV. The agenda: matters -. of which the Security Council is seized (rules 10 and 11) 55
-__-- ~___--.-~ _- -~

Vict-Nam 842nd meeting, s/4135

9 December 1958 16 lhxcmbcr 1958

tl6. Report by the Secre- 847th meeting, S/4220 Adopted joint draft reso-
tary-tieneral on the 7 September 1959 21 September 1959 lution (S/4214)
letter received from 848th meeting,
the hlinister Cor Por- 7 September 1959
eign Affairs of the
Royal Government of
Laos, transmitted by
a note lrom the Per-
manent hlission of
Laos to the United
Nations, 4 September
1959 (S/4212. S/4213,
S/42 14)
87. Election of a member 849th meeting, S/4225, Recommended Mr. Ricardo S/4225,
to fill the vacancy 29 September 1959 5 October 1959 J. AlCaro to fill the 5 October 1959
in the International vacancy left by hlr. Josh
Court of Juvticc Gustav0 Gucrrero
849th meeting,
29 September 1959
88. Admission of new Mem-
bers
Cameroon 850th meeting, S/4262, Itccomn~endet) S/4262.
26 January 1960 1 February 1960 850th meeting, 1 February 1960
26 January 196U
89. Letter dated 25 March 85lst meeting, S/43Ul. Adopted k:cuadorlan dralt
1960 from the repre- 30 March 1960 4 April 1960 resolution (S/4299)
sentatives of Afghan- H5Glh mce1111g,
Istan, Burma, Cam- 1 April 1960
bodia, Ceylon, Ethio-
piit, Federation of
Mlhyll, tihana.
Guinea, India, Indo-
nesia, Iran, Iraq.
Japan, Jordan, Laos,
Lebanon, Liberia,
Libya, hlorocco
Nepul, Pakistan:
PhIlippines. Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Thai-
Innd, Tunisia, Tur-
key, United Arab Re-
public and Yemen ad-
dressed to the Presi-
dent of the Security
Council (S/4279 and
Add.1

90. Cable dated 18 May H57th meeting. S/4329) itejected USSI< draft reso-
1960 from the Mims- 23 hla). 1960 31 hlay 1960 lution (S/4:32i)
tcr for Foreign AC- 86Uth meeting,
Calrs of the Union of 26 5hy 1960
Soviet Socialist Kc-
],UbllCS nddressed to
lhc President of the
Security Council (S/
4314, S/4315)
91. I.etter dated 23 hlay 86 1st meeting, S/4329) Adoptt’d rcvistxi Cour-
1960 from the rupre- 26 Muy 1960 31 hlay 1960 Power tlraIt resolution
scntatives of Argon- (S/4.~23/ltrv.2)
tina, Ceylon. Ecuador 863rd mcctlng,
and ‘I‘unisla addressed 27 hluy 196U
to the Prcsidcnt of the
56 Chapter II. Agenda
- -

l&XL
Security Council (S/
43.23)
92. Adrmssivn of new Mem-
bers
Togo 864th meeting, S/4332, Recommended S/4332,
31 May 1960 6 June 1960 864th meeting, 6 June 1960
31 May 1960
93. The date of election to 864th meeting, S/4332, Adopted resolution (S/4331) S/4332,
fill a vacancy in the 31 May 1960 6 June 1960 864th meeting, 6 June 1960
International Court of 31 May 1960
Justice
94. Letter dated 15 June 665th meeting. s/4351, Adopted Argentina draft
1960 from the repre- 22 June 1960 211 June 1960 resolution (S/4349) as
sentative of Argen- amended
tina addressed to the 868th meeting,
President of the Secu- 23 June 1960
rity Cvuncll (S/4336)
95. Admisvivn of new Mem-
bers
MU11 869th mectillg, S/4372, Recommended S/4372,
28 June 1960 7 July 1960 869th meeting, 7 July 1960
28 June 1960
Madagascar (Mala- 870th meeting, S/4372, Recommended S/4372,
gasy Republic) 29 June 1960 7 July 1960 870th meeting, 7 July 1960
29 June 1960
SomalIa d7lst meeting, s/4379. Hecommended s/4379,
5 July 1960 13 July 1960 871st meeting. 13 July 1960
5 July 1960
Congo (Leopoldvllle) 872nd meeting, s/4379, Recommended s/4379,
7 July 1960 13 July 1960 872nd nlccting, 13 July 1960
7 July ;I60
96. Letter dated 13 July 873rd meeting, s/4391, Adopted resolution (S/5002)
1960 from the Secrc- 1:1/14 July 1960 18 July 1960 982nd nlecting,
tary-General nd- 24 Nvvembcr 1961
dressed to the Prcsl-
dent of the Security
Council (S/4381)
97. Letter dated 11 July 874th meeting, S/4408, Adopted joint draft reao-
1960 from the Minis- 18 July 1960 25 July 1960 lut1vn (S/4S92,
ter for E’vrcign Af- 876th meeting,
ftllrs of Cubu ad- 19 July 1960
dressed to the Prcsi-
dent of the Security
Cvuncll (S/4378)
98. Telegrams dated 13 July 880th meeting, S/4408. Rejected USSR draft rcsv- s/4413,
1960 from the Minis- 22 July 196U 25 July 1960 lution (S/4406) and failed I August 1960
tcr for Foreign Af- to adopt 1:mtcd States and
fairs of the ljnivn of Italian draft resvlutlvns
Svvlet Svc1al1st Ifc- (S/44UY/lW. 1) s/44 11)
publics addressed to 8X3rtl mectlng,
the Secretary-Gen- 26 July 1960
(Bra1 (S/4384, S/4:$85)
99. Admissionvf new Mcm-
I,CI-S
Iklhvmcy 890th mectmg, S;/4472, S/4472,
23 August 1960 29 August 1960 29 August 1960

IGlgcr HBUth nlceting, S/4.472, S/4472,

22 August 1960 29 August 1960 29 August 1960

890th rtrcclmg, S/4472. S/4472,

23 August 1960 29 August 1YGU 29 August 1960

89Uth nrc<Qng, s/4472, S/4472,

23 ;lugust lY6U 29 August 1960 29 August 1960
Part IV. The agenda: matters of which the Security Council is seized (rulrs 10 and 11) 57

Flrsr enrty II,

lssul Sul~Ysteniel,t
-. ---. _

Chnd s/4472, s/4472,

29 August 196U 29 August 196U

Congo (Urtlzzaville) 89Uth meeting. s/4472, s/4472,

23 August 1960 29 AuKust 1960 29 August 196U

GUtJWl 89Uth mectmg, s/4472, s/4472,

23 August 196U 29 August 1960 29 August 1960

Central Afr1cun w+ 89Uth mcetmg, s/4472, S/4472,

public 23 August 1960 29 :\u(,pst 19tiu 29 Aqust 1960

Cyprus tl92nd meclmg, s/4472, S/4472,

24 Auguu”~ I96U 29 August 19GU 29 August 196U

100. Letter dutcd 5 Septem- 8931-d meetmg, s/4510. .\tIu~~Lccl julnt draft rc’su- S/4510,
ber 1960 from the 8 September 1960 13 Sqtemlxr 1960 Iut1w (S/44h4) 13 Sq’tembcr 1960
E’irst lkputy hlmiste~ c495tt1 mc:ct1ng*
for I:orcign Affaws of 9 septcmllL’r IYtiU”
the Cnlon of Sovlrt
Socialist kpublics
addressed to the
I’rcsltlent of the Secu-
rlty Council (S/4477)

101. Telegram dated 8 Sep- 896th meeting, s/451u. sj451u,

tember 1960 from the 9 Septenrbey 196U 1;i sqltcrn’,er I YGU 13 ScptcmLwr 19tiu
Prim- Mirnster of the
Republic of the Congo
addressed to the Scc-
rotary-General (S/
4486)

102. Admission of new hlem-

hers
Senegal 907th meeting, s/454ti, S/4546,
28 September 1960 :I Uctokr 1960 .1 0ctobcr 1960

MEill YU7th meeting, S/4546, S/4546,

28 September 1960 3 OCtUtJL’l’ 1960 .i 0ctutx.r 1960

Nigeria 908th rneetmg, s/455u s/4550,

7 October 1960 I1 &ober 19tiu 11 octutxr l96U

103. Election of members to YU9th meetmg, S/4562, S/4562,

fill vucancies 111 the 16 K;ovenlber 1960 22 h’ovember 19ti0 22 Kovcnitwr 196U
Internationill Court 01
Justice

9 11 th meeting, S/4572, SW 1tcr11 110 bt!lo\r

:~/~Ik~~:nit~cr l96U 5 I)cc~nlber 1960

105. letter dated:31 Ikccm- 921st meeting, S/4617.

kr 196U from the 4 January 1961 13 Juriuury 1961
!blinistcr for k:xtcrnul
Iklatlons of Cubu to
the Presdcnt of the
Security Council (S/
4605)
58 Chapter II. Agenda
-__-_

LAst actmn Of the

Flrs[ ~ncluaio~~ Fir-at entry in pxulc11 ,I Of
luu I” the sgenb
--__ -Summary
.- -. Sutement 31 kernher
~____ I’)63

106. letter dated 2u E’cb- 944th meeting, S/4765, Adopted joint draft reso-
wary 1961 irum the 10 March 1961 14 March IY61 lution (S/4835) as Itmend-
representative uf Ii- ed
berin addressed to 956th meeting.
the President uf the 9 June 1961
Security Council (S/
4738)
107. Complaint by tiuwuit in Y57th meeting, S/4858, Fcliled to adopt United
respd uf the situa- 2 July 1961 10 July 1961 Kingdom draft resolution
tion Ltrlsmg fronl the (S/4855)
threat by Iraq to the Y6Uth meeting,
tcrritorld Indc- 7 July 1961
pWlC”Ct* uf Kuwait,
whrch IJ likely to en-
dunger the mainte-
Nancy’ of internationul
peace and security
(S/4845, S/4844)
108. Complaint by the WV- 957th meeting. S/4858, Failed to adopt United
ernment of the lte- 2 July lY61 10 July 1961 Arab Republic druft
public of Iraq m re- resolution (S/4856)
spect of the situation 960th meeting,
arising uut of the 7 July 1961
urnut threat by the
United Kingdom to the
intlcpcndencu rind
security of IlXq,
which 1s likely to en-
tlnnger the mainte-
nance of Internntiomil
peace U”lJ security
(S/4I(J7)

109. ‘l’clegrum tlntetl 20 July 96 tst nleating, S/Jti67, Hejected two joint draft
1961 xldressed to the 21 July 1961 24 July 1961 resolutions (S/4903, S/
I’rt*sident of the Secu- 4904) and Turkish draft
rity Council by the resolution (S/4905)
Secretary of State for 966th meeting,
Foreign Affairs of the 29 July 1961d
l~epublic of ‘Tunisia
(S/4861). Letter dated
20 July 1961 from the
l~crmnnent Itepre-
scntative of Tunisia
addressed to the
President of the
Security Cuuticil (S/
4’362)

110. Admission of new Xlem-

hers
Sierra Leone 968th meeting. S/4956, ltecommended S/4956,
26 September 1961 2 October 1961 968th meeting, 2 October 1961
26 September 1961
Reconsiderntion Y68th meeting, S/4956, IktCO”l”lt2IldCXI S/4Y7U,
5longolia 26 September 1961 2 Uctokr 1961 971st llIc~tltlg* 3U Uctvber lY61
25 Octohcr 1961
lteconsidcration Y68th mectmg, S/4Y56, Itcconmlendcd s/4970,
Muuritaniu 26 Septemhr 1961 2 October lY61 971sc 111eet1ng. 30 Octuber 1961
25 October 1961
111. Qucst1on of recom- 972nd meeting, s/4974, IteCuIllnl~lldLd S/4974)
mendution regarding (private) 7 Novcnher 1961 972nd meeting, 7 Novcnlber 1961
the Acting Secrctary- ;I November 1961 3 November 1961
General
112. I.etter dated 21 Novem- 980th meeting. S/5008, Decided to retain the item
ber 1961 from the 22 November 1961 30 November 1961 on the agenda
I’er”la”e”t Itepre- 98Brd meeting,
senttltivc of Cuba ad- 28 lriovember 1961
Part IV. The agenda: matters of which the Security Council is seized (rules 10 and 11) 59

dressed to the Presi-

dent of the Security
Council (S/4992)

113. Admission of new Mem-

lxrv
Kuwait 984th meeting, S/5102. Not recommended See item 120 below
Xl November 1961 5 December 1961 985th mcctmg,
110 Erovcn~bcr 1961
Tanganyikn 986th meeting. s/5037, Ikcom mended s/50:17,
14 Deccmbcr 1961 21 December 1961 986th meeting, 21 L)ecc:nlbcr 1961
14 Dxenrbcr 1961
114. Letter dated 18Uece.1~ 987th meeting, S/5042, Rejected join1 draft reso-
her 1961 from the 18Deccmber 1961 28 December 1961 lutiun (S/5032) and failed
Permanent Repre- tu adopt pint draft reso-
sentative of Portugal lution (S/6033)
to the Presidentof the YH8th meeting,
Security Council (S/ 1 &i l)ccc:mber 1961
5030)
115. Letter dnted 8 March 992nd meeting, S/5099) Rejected Cuban draft rcso- s/:105,
1962 from the Per- 14 March 1962 22 March 1962 lulion (S/5095) 28 &larch 1962
mnnent ltepre- 998th meeting,
sentative of Cuba to 23 March 1962
the President of the
Security Council (S/
5086)

116. Admlssionof new Mem-

bers
Rwanda 1017th meeting, s/5151. Iteconrn~ended s/5151,
26 July 1962 31 July 1962 1017th nleeting, 31 July lY62
26 July lY62
Durunch 1017th mectirrg, s/5151, s/5151,
26 July 1962 31 July 1962 31 Jul) 1962

Jamaica 1018th meeting, S/516&, ItccoIlltIlcndcd S/5168,

12 September 1962 19 September 1962 10 1Bth meeting, 19 September 1962
12 September 1962

Trinidnd and Tobago 1018th meeting, S/5168, IhmJIIlInended S/5168*

12September 1962 19 September 1962 1018th meeting, 19 September 1962
12 September 1962
Algeriu 1020th meeting, s/5175, lttX~IIlIllClld~d s/5175,
4 ~ctokr 1962 8 October 1962 lU?Uth meeting. 8 C)ctober 1962
4 octolxr 1962

U gandu lU21st meeting, S/5184, ltccumnlendcd S/5184,

15 October 1962 23 October 1962 lU2lst meeting, 23 October 1962
15 October 1962

117. Letter dated 22 October lU22nd meeting, S/5201, Adjournment of meeting

1962 from the Per- 23 Uctober 1962 31 October 1962 pending outcotlle of
manent Repre- Secrctnry-ticrlerul’s up-
sentatlvc of the United p!Ul
States of America ud- 1025th nI1.etmg,
dressed to the Prcsi- 25 octobcr 1962
dent of the Security
Council (S/5181); Ict-
ter dated 22 October
1962 from the Per-
nlaIlrIlt Itepre-
sentativc of Cuba ad-
dressed to the
President of theliecu-
rity Council (S/51ti3) :
letter dated 23 t)cto-
her 1962 from the
Deputy Permunent
Repreaentativr of the
Union of Soviet Socia-
list Republics ad-
60 Chapter II. Agenda

dresstd to the Presi-

dent of the Security
Council (S/5186)
118. Question of recom- 1026th meeting S/5213. Recommended S/521:1,
mundution regarding (private), 3 December 1962 1026th meeting, 3 L)ecc:mber 1962
the Secretary-Gen- 30 November 1962 30 November 1962
crul
119. I.etter dated 10 April 1027th meeting, s/5291, Adopted joint draft reso-
1969 from the Char& 17 April 1963 22 April 1963 lution (S/5292)
d’nffulrcs u.i. of the 1033rd meeting,
Permanent Mission of 24 April 1963
Senegal addressed to
the President of the
Security Council (S/
5279 and Corr.1)
120. Admission of new Mem-
bers
Ileconsideratlon lU34th meeting, s/5313, Reconrnlendcd s/5:11:1,
Kuwait 7 Muy 1963 13 May 1963 1034th meeting, 13 May 1963
7 May 1963

121. Telegram dated 5 May 1035th moetmg, s/5313, Postponed indefinitely

1963 from the hlin- 8 May 1963 13 Muy 1963 1036th meeting,
islcr for Foreign Af- 9 May 1963
fairs of the ltepublic
of lluitl Ltddressed to
the President of the
Security Council (S/
5302)
122. Iteports by the Secrc- 1037th mectlng, s/5334, Adopted jomt draft rcso-
tary-General to the 10 June 1963 17 June 1963 lution (S/5Wl)
Security Council con- 1039th meeting,
cerning developments 11 June 1963
relating to Yemen (S/
5298, S/5:121, S/5323,
S/5325)
123. Letter dated 11 July 1040th mecting, s/5377, Adopted jomt draft r‘cso-
1963 addressed to the 22 July 1963 30 July 1963 lution (S/5480)
President of theSecu- 10Klrd meeting.
rity Council by the 11 December 1963
representutives of
Algeria, Uurundi,
Cameroon, Central
f\frican Hepublic,
Chad, Congw (Brazza-
ville), Congu (Leo-
poldvllle), Duhomey,
Ethiopia, Gabon.
tihuna, Guinea, Ivory
Coust, Liberia, Libya.
Mudagnscur, Mall,
hluuritunln. Morocco
Niger, Nigarlu:
Rwanda, Senegal,
Sierra LttOllC, so-
mulia, Sudan, Tnn-
gnnyiku, Togo, Tuni-
SIU, Uganda, United
Arab Republic and
Upper Volta (S/5347)
124. Letter dated 11 July 1040th meetmg. s/5.177. Adopted Norweglun dritft
1963 addressed to the 22 July 1963 30 July 1963 resolution (S/5469)
President of the Secu- 1078th meetmg,
rity Council by the 4 December 1963
representatives of
Algeria, Burundi.
Cameroon, Central
African Hepublic,
Chad, Congo (Brazza-
VIllC), Congo (I.eo-
Part
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I-v. The agenda:
- matters of which the Security Council is seized (rules 10 and 11) 61

S/5489,
27 I)cc~~nllJc~r 19ti:i

ti;cr1y;i S/5489,
27 I)cct~tt!tJcr lYC;:j

128. I.c,tter d~itetl 26 IMx*m- 1085th meeting,

bcr 1963 from the 27 lkccnrber 1963
Pcrmunent Ikpre-
sentatlvu of Cyprus
addrchsetl to the
President of the Secu-
rity Counchl (S/5488)
62 Chmter II. Atienda

2. Proceedings of the Security Council regarding the Permanent Ncprcscnlntive of Tunisia ad-
the retention and deletion of items from the agenda dressed to the Presidcnl of Ihe Security Council
(S/4862) .”
CASE 11

At the 89:Ird meeting on 8 September 1960, in cun- Following the adoption of the agenda, the President
ncxion with Ihe Icttcru dated 5 September 1960 from (Ecuador) invited the representative of Tunisia to Lhe
thta First. Ikputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Council table to take part in the Council’s discussion
l’nion of Soviet Socialist Iiepublics, Ihe Council had of Ihe itcm.w
bcforc it two draft resolutions: unewsubmitled by the At the 962nd meeting on 22 July 1961, the Council
USSIi, ~lnti the other% by Argcnlina, Ecuador and the had before it three draft resolutions: the first* sub-
L;nitcd Slattss. mittcd by 1,iberin and the United Arab l&public; the
At the 895th meeting on 9 September 1960, the Coun- secondti~ by the United Kingdom and the U nitcd States;
cil, after uccc~tling to the request of the reprbsentutive and the third!* by I&ria,
uf F;cu;ldor Ihat the three-I’ower’ draft resolution be The rcprcsentati’vt: of Liberia, in requesting thal
given priority, adoptcdW it by 9 votes infavuur., none priority be given to his draft resolutionover the other
against, with 2 abstcntiuns. The rcprcsenlativc of the two. stated that, m view of the circumstnnccs, the
CSW lhcn slated that, in the light uf the discussion and Council should adopt this preliminary decision imme-
Lhc vote, Ihc majority of Ihc members were not ready diatcly and without discussion. As soon as this draft
to vutc for the USSN draft rcsolutiun and, thercforc, he resolution was ndoptcd, the Council could then speedily
woulct nut press fur ;I vote on his draft resoluliun. He rcsumc its discussion on the Tunisian complaint. The
furlher stressed that resolutions such as that adopted draft resolution provided that the Cuuncil, pending the
by Ihc Organization of American States (Ohs) fc.11 conclusiun of the debate of the item, would call fur
conl[)lctcly within the purview of Article 53 of Ihe an immediate cease-fire and a rclurn 01 all armed
Charter and were subjccl to approval by the Council. forces to their original positions.
The mcmbcrs who were evading Ihcs consideration of
the substailive issue were leaving the door open so The Council, after uccc%ding to the request of the
that in other circurnstanccs Ihcy might lully suppurt rcprcscntalive of l.iberia, took a vole on the draft
the provisions of Ihc Charlcr to the cffcct that regional rcsuluti-n subnlitlcd by Liberia (S/4880), which was
agcnclcs mighl apply sanctions only with the concur- advptcd’ql by 10 vvlcs in favour and none against.
rence of the Council. :1t the 963rtt meeting on 22 July 1961, the Council
The reprcsentativc of the United Slales. in reference rejected 3’ the other two draft resolutions before it;
to the interpretation of Arlicle 59 given by the rcpre- the one submitted by l.iberin and the United Arab
scntativc 01 the CSSN, mnintaincrl that Lhe three-Power Republic (S/4878), and Ihe other by Ihe United King-
draft resolution was not submittccl under Article 53. dom and the Cnitcd States (S/4879).
Ite continued: The representative of Tunisia, in summarizing the
“As to the principle of the matter being left open situation confronting the Council, stated that
for future considcratlon by the Council, my dele- t, . . .in order to prevent an extremely serious
gation considers this particular itemcomplcted, and international situation, and also in order nol to dis-
in the future WC: shall judge proposals un lhcir appoint all the hopes which have always turned to
merits.‘% our Organizabn, I venture to request that the
The Presldcnl (Italy) statcd:53 question should remain before the Security Council.”

“WC can consider uur cxanlinution of this question The reprcsentutivcs of Ceylon and the Cnited Arab
coniplctcd. Iiuving ticartl the statements of the mem- Republic shared Ihc view of the representative of
bers of the Council, 1 take it that I may now declare Tunisia that the Council should remain seized of the
lhnt the Council has disposed of the nlattcr.” question they had considered and should hold itself
in readiness to meet at any lime shouldcircumstances
CASK 12 warrant such a meeting.
At the 961st meeting on 21 July 1961, the Council The Prcsidcnt (Ecuador), in summing UII the Coun-
included in its pruvisional agenda an item: cil’s proceedings on this question, stated that
“pJlegrun, 22 d;~tetI 20 July 1961 addressed VI. . . the fact that both draft resolulions have been
to Lhc
Prusidcnt of Lhc Security Council by the Sccrelary put to the vote and neither has been adopted does nut
of State for Foreign Affairs of the Hepublic of mean that the debate on this matter is over; firstly,
Tunisia (S/4861). Letlcr wdnted 20 July 1961 from because it is on the agenda and nlust therefore stand
in its present form; and secondly, because Lhe draft
rcsolutiou adopted at the last meeting states clearly.
in operative paragraph 2: ‘Decides to continue the
 Part xv. The ngendn: matters
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debate, ’ I do not consider that the fact that neither State Member of the United Nations, whenever that
of the twu draft resolutions submitted today ITLLSken we. deemed necessary. !!Y
xioptd can be take-1 to mean that the matter is now
- finished.”